WriteMentor Picture Book Award runner-up Tracy Curran describes her experience and her publishing journey so far
Success Stories
WriteMentor Hub member Kristina Rahim shares her journey to receiving agent representation
Author Clare Thompson shares her experience of WriteMentor’s summer mentoring programme
Dee Benson, who found her agent through WriteMentor’s summer mentoring programme and whose novel, ‘Glow Up, Lara Bloom’, is out now, shares how the experience developed her writing and gave her insights into the publishing world
Author Zoe Scott FitzGibbon shares her experience of WriteMentor’s summer mentoring programme with Philip Kavvadias
Jan Dunning, author of Young Adult novel Mirror Me, shares how her confidence grew thanks to WriteMentor mentoring
Writer Aerin Apeltun describes how being part of the Hub WriteMentor community helped her secure publication for debut novel
“I honestly believe if I hadn’t found WriteMentor, I would have given up after receiving so many rejections. I would have continued to believe that I wasn’t good enough. I …
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Writer Melissa Kay Valente describes how being part of the WriteMentor community via the Hub membership platform helped her secure agent representation.
Author Sophie Siddall shares her experience of WriteMentor’s summer mentoring programme mentored by Anna Britton
“Mentoring [is] an invaluable resource, given selflessly by hard-working, talented mentors who give up their time to help less experienced writers.” Author Laura Noakes shares how her mentor’s insightful comments …
Valerie Norton shares how she successfully applied to the WriteMentor summer mentoring programme, which led to agent representation
Author Becky Orwin shares her experience of the WriteMentor summer mentoring programme
Author Lynn Grace Wong shares her experience of the WriteMentor summer mentoring programme, and how it helped her grow as a writer
Author Daphne Dador describes experience of WriteMentor’s summer mentoring porgramme
Author Richard B. Knight describes his experience of WriteMentor’s summer programme, and how his mentor’s guidance helped him secure the agent of his dreams
Author Emma Bradley shares the highs and lows of publishing her debut, ‘The Trouble with Fairies’, and her self-publishing advice
Chris Galvin, author of middle grade fantasy novel The Thing About Giants, which was shortlisted for the WriteMentor Children’s Novel Award, discusses his journey to agent representation
Author Nadine Holland shares her experience of the WriteMentor summer mentoring programme and how it led to agent representation.
Author Laura Collins describes her experience of WriteMentor’s 5-week WriteStart course with author Jenny Pearson, and how it helped her secure agent representation
Author Alexandra Page shares the publishing journey of her debut children’s novel Wishyouwas
Author Brianna Bourne describes her experience of WriteMentor’s summer mentoring programme and how it helped her both rewrite her Young Adult novel and secure agent representation.
Author Meagan Dallner describes her experience of the WriteMentor’s summer mentoring programme
Former mentee Heather Fishwick shares experience of WriteMentor’s mentoring programme, working on her novel ‘Mirrored Snow’.
WriteMentor Novel Award winner Sean Dooley shares writing journey, award experience and advice.
Picture Book author Emma Pearl shares her experience of being mentored by ‘Deep Water’ author Lu Hersey on WriteMentor’s summer mentoring programme
Author Lucille Abendanon describes her experience of WriteMentor’s Spark mentoring programme with author Lindsay Galvin and how it helped her secure agent representation for her Middle Grade novel.
Lenore Stutznegger, author of ‘Blue Shadows Fall’, shares her experience of the WriteMentor summer mentoring programme
Author George Jreije shares his experience as a mentee on WriteMentor’s summer mentoring programme
After studying songwriting at university and returning to Suffolk to set up a music tuition business, Georgia Gant finally decided to get serious about her writing dream. After a couple of years writing …
After a degree in Art History turned out to be even less useful than predicted, Louise Finch fell into the charity sector and has stayed there for over a decade. She’s …
Clare Harlow first heard about WriteMentor in 2018 as she was preparing to send her Young Adult fantasy out into the world. She was in an okay place with the …
Author Emily Kenny describes her experience of WriteMentor’s Spark programme, Writing Weekends, and Aisha Bushby’s Preparing for Submission course.
What made you apply for the WriteMentor programme? I had seen some WriteMentor posts on Facebook, and it looked like a welcoming community that really cared about the mental health of its …
WriteMentor Spark is a monthly, online one-to-one mentoring service. Working with a children’s author, writers receive ongoing developmental editing, writing advice, publishing insights, and direct feedback on their manuscript to …
When Lorraine Hawley’s critique partner Dani Camarena joined WriteMentor and loved the summer mentoring program, Lorraine decided to follow along with her journey – and found the community camaraderie so …
Jess Birch was a 2020 WriteMentor mentee, who worked with author Louisa Reid on her Young Adult retelling of Macbeth, Lady Em. Originally written in 154 sonnets, Louisa helped Jess …
Ravena Guron was born in London, went to school in London, went to university in London and now works in London. She has a degree in Biochemistry but soon realised …
Tess James-Mackey spent years mucking out horses, getting trampled on by horses, and finally realising she might prefer a less precarious office job. Between analysing insurance risk, she writes teens …
Dana Faletti has always been a writer. Growing up in Pittsburgh, she wrote poetry endlessly and wrote her first novel – a romance – while in high school. In 2010, …
We asked 2020 Picture Book Award Winner, Sophia Payne, to reflect on her experience with the award, and what has happened since… It was a friend in my critique group …
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After being long listed for the WriteMentor Children’s Novel Award, Amy Borg took part in the WriteMentor 2019 summer mentoring programme where she worked on her Young Adult fantasy manuscript …
From WriteMentor mentee to agented author, read how Krystle Brantzeg shaped her Young Adult contemporary romance manuscript with the help of author Brandy Woods Snow.
Read about his WriteMentor journey, from programme application to literary representation. What made you apply for the WriteMentor programme? Last year, Words and Pictures magazine announced their January ’21 Slush …
Author Dale Hannah was a mentee on WriteMentor’s summer mentoring programme who worked his Middle Grade novel with the help of mentor Emily Critchley. Dale is now represented by Lynnette Novak, …
Based in the United States, Carrie Beamer was a mentee on WriteMentor’s summer mentoring programme who worked on her historical Young Adult novel with the help of author Sarah Barkoff Palma. …
Natasha Holmes was a mentee on WriteMentor’s summer mentoring programme. During the programme, she edited her upper Middle Grade novel THE CHANGELING with the help of author Emma Finlayson-Palmer, and …
What made you want to get involved in the WriteMentor Spark programme? My SCBWI critique group was no longer meeting to review work regularly, but one of the members had …
Recently, we spoke with 2018 mentee, Kari Veenstra, about her latest announcement of a publication deal and what’s happened before and since. Tell us a little about you and your …
We welcome 2018 mentee, AJ Vanderhorst, to chat about his #WriteMentor experience and his recent, great news. Tell us a little about you and your writing journey to date. I’m …